T-Mobile commits to 100 percent renewable electricity

T-Mobile will move to 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2021.

The telecoms company said Monday which the item had also finalized a contract for wind power coming from the Solomon Forks Wind Project in Kansas. Power generation there is usually due to begin at the beginning of 2019, as well as will supplement the energy T-Mobile receives coming from the Red Forks Wind Power Project in Oklahoma.

John Legere, T-Mobile’s president as well as CEO, said moving to renewable energy was the right thing to do as well as smart business. “We expect to cut T-Mobile’s energy costs by around $100 million from the next 15 years thanks to This kind of move,” he added.

T-Mobile has also joined the RE100, a group of global businesses committed to renewable power. additional members of the RE100 include Apple, Facebook as well as Google.

The RE100’s head, Sam Kimmins, welcomed the news which T-Mobile was joining the initiative.

“the item’s great to see T-Mobile U.S. shifting to renewables for its power consumption,” he said. “As a large electricity consumer from the U.S., they can truly transform energy systems by bringing significant renewable capacity online — all of which while delivering real value to their customers.”